UNF vs. Duke Ice Hockey

I checked out the UNF/Duke game last night at the Jacksonville Ice & Sportsplex at I-95 and Emerson. It was a great game until about the last 5 minutes, when Duke scored 3 times, winning the game 6-4.
Here are just a few of the pictures I got. Follow www.my9oh4.com/ to see a lot more pics!

Your Jacksonville Giants!!

Last night I won 2 tickets to see the Jacksonville Giants of the ABA (American Basketball Association) play against the Atlanta Experience. It was the only team the Giants had a loss against this season, and Atlanta was undefeated until tonight. Go Giants!! It was a fantastic, close game, and the Giants prevailed, winning 132 - 118. Here Jermaine Bell makes one of his many free throws of the evening.

Happy New Year....

From sunny Jacksonville Beach, Florida! And yes, people are swimming! They had just completed the annual Polar Plunge, and I'm guessing it wasn't too cold in there! :)

Skywatch Friday, 12/30/11

Spent some time this morning at the Jacksonville National Cemetery. Beautiful, Reverent morning.
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Labor Day

Monday, September 5th was Labor Day, here in the USA. Since I had the day off, I decided to go to Jackonville Beach to watch the sun come up. It's just under 5 miles on the walk I take, and I'm usually scanning the soil for pretty shells, sand dollars, or sea glass. As you can see it was very low tide at this hour as well. The beach seems miles wide!
The recent swells from Hurricane Irene certainly left more stuff on the beaches and I found quite a few pieces of sea glass. Not the real pretty kind, but I'll take what I find. :)
To the right is what I saw at one point in the walk, at about 6:20AM, EST
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The sun is but a morning star. ~Henry David Thoreau, Walden

big cats..

Hercules is one of the several tigers (among other animals) that live at the Cattyshack ranch near where I live. They brought Herc to the local Chick-Fil-A to do a litle advertising and fundraising. I've been meaning to try and get out there someday. Meow!

Jax Beach, 8/5/11

Thought I'd share a few photos from an early morning walk on Jax Beach. It was already in the low 90's by 8-ish AM, so after an almost 5 mile walk, I hightailed it back to some air conditioning..

Dreamette Ice Cream

This place has been there forever. Ok, so since the late 1940's..but this was my first time to try them. Reasonable prices, and delicious soft serve...perfect combination for a hot summer evening!

I got there about a half hour before closing on a friday evening and I was lucky to find a spot to park in their little lot.

After being chided by the owner for never having been there before (jokingly, of course...) I chose a vanilla/strawberry twist in a cup with rainbow sprinkles. YUM!

I can't wait to go back!! Will try a sundae next. or maybe a milkshake.. :)
And of course to get some more pictures!

Soup's On!

I recently found a new lunch/dinner spot in the Riverside avondale section of Jacksonville called "Soup's On". Lots of good, homemade soups and sandwiches, plus good iced tea to boot. Always willing to let you sample any of the soups, you could almost get by on that alone!
The restaurant is fairly small, but comfortable, and offers free wifi as well. The menu changes daily, and they always have plenty of frozen pints to take home and have later in the week. I found the dessert soups very interesting and have tried several, all delicious! The soup in this photo is a chicken/mushroom/lemongrass/noodle soup, and the sandwich is a portabella with pepper jack cheese and arugula.
Feel free to click on the photo to see in more detail!

Camera Critters

On a recent wander thru the Cradle Creek Preserve I spotted this osprey leaving the nest in search of food. Click here to visit the Camera Critters Blog and see many more critters from around the world.

Camera Critters

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This picture was taken at the Fountain of Youth park in St Augustine. I didn't actually go into the fountain area, just wandered the area nearby. There were at least 5 peacocks, and they made quite a racket!!

Skywatch Friday

North Florida and South Georgia are being kept pretty smoky, with all the wildfires in the area. Some days it's not so bad. This is what I saw while driving this morning on the northside of Jax, just a couple miles from the airport. The view is on US 17 going south (towards downtown Jax).
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Camera Critters Weekend

Saw this fella (a blue heron) on my walk along the north Riverwalk, between downtown Jacksonville and the Riverside Arts Market. The river behind him is the the St Johns river.
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Skywatch Friday

Saw these contrails on my way home from work the other day, and thought they looked cool...Don't forget to visit the skywatch blog to see more skies from around the world!

Skywatch Friday

Sun shining thru spanish moss filled trees in Southeast Georgia. Visit the Skywatch Blog to see more views of the sky from around the world!

Skywatch Friday

Recent sunset on the Trout river from the Bert Maxwell Boat Ramp. Visit the Skywatch Blog to see more views of the sky from around the world!

camera critter

For my Camera Critters post this week I'm sharing this furry squirrel. I saw him watching me as I walked along a path at the Cradle Creek Preserve in Jax Beach. I was rather surprised he let me take his photo!
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wildfires

Smoke from the wildfire burning in SE Georgia has been permeating the whole area for a couple weeks now. So far it has burned over 104,000 acres..

Camera Critters Weekend

I went to the Jax Zoo for the first time since returning from my vacation last month. We have lots of new baby animals to see, like this baby Bonobo. Just under 2 weeks old and as precious as can be! Bonobo's are similar to Chimps and share 97% of the same DNA as Humans have!

JAX airport

Otherwise known as Jacksonville International Airport. I spent some time here last week while I was on my way out of town for vacation. They have recently made some improvements, and I must say I like them!

This is just one of the new art installations on the inside of the terminal, before you get to security checkpoint.

More information, and a slightly better photo here.